I would love to... but I really don't have a clue.
I definitely don't think it's romantic. I think it's probably related to some sort of scheme or adventure. After all, Harry is still Harry.
Ooh! Wait, I have an idea. Harry was very interested in Fluffy the three-headed dog a while back. Maybe whatever Pansy is helping him with is related to that. Maybe, just like in the books, Harry is trying to figure out what's down there.
But if that were the case, it seems like he'd involve someone who already knew, like Ron or Draco or Neville. So maybe not.
Maybe the fact that he's excluding Draco is a clue. Remember how upset Draco was when Harry set his notes on fire. Maybe this is going further in the direction of what he was doing then. What exactly was he doing then, anyway? Dark magic? For what purpose?
Yes! There is something going on with his exclusion of Draco. And I agree that's it's almost certainly not anything romantic with Pansy. (They're ickle firsties, after all -- despite Pansy's not ever sounding like one. She's precocious is some creepy ways.)
I join you in having no idea what happened when Harry burned his notes. I wonder if he was practicing for Charms or whether he had an episode of wild magic. Draco mentions that magic doesn't always need a wand during his part of the recent Theo thread - maybe he had Harry's note-burning episode in mind. Or not.
also, may I just say that your wee kitten icon is too cute for words?@!
Thanks for that link! I'd missed that part of the thread.
How interesting is it that Harry would be the one to try to cast a really terrible Dark spell? It makes sense, of course, that he would have been exposed to more Dark Magic than even his Slytherin peers (even Draco) and that he would approach it casually (though we don't know what really happened or why he cast it -- and we see Draco's shocked, reproving response: he thinks Harry has done a Very Wrong Thing and should know better).
I really like that while Harry Marvolo is showing a surprising degree of openness to others (Ron, Neville, Michael) who were raised outside of Death Eater circles and while he displays a hopeful amount of curiosity and ability to think about the prejudices and assumptions he's been brought up to hold, he really has been molded by his upbringing as Tom Riddle's son -- and I really like that it is in this practical regard that Riddle's influence shows. The boy takes Dark Magic as his prerogative, as a tool at his disposal.
I feel a real shiver of pleasure at this view of the re-characterized Harry. I like this game!
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Date: 2008-10-07 02:57 am (UTC)but I really don't have a clue.
I definitely don't think it's romantic. I think it's probably related to some sort of scheme or adventure. After all, Harry is still Harry.
Ooh! Wait, I have an idea. Harry was very interested in Fluffy the three-headed dog a while back. Maybe whatever Pansy is helping him with is related to that. Maybe, just like in the books, Harry is trying to figure out what's down there.
But if that were the case, it seems like he'd involve someone who already knew, like Ron or Draco or Neville. So maybe not.
Maybe the fact that he's excluding Draco is a clue. Remember how upset Draco was when Harry set his notes on fire. Maybe this is going further in the direction of what he was doing then. What exactly was he doing then, anyway? Dark magic? For what purpose?
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Date: 2008-10-07 03:35 am (UTC)I join you in having no idea what happened when Harry burned his notes. I wonder if he was practicing for Charms or whether he had an episode of wild magic. Draco mentions that magic doesn't always need a wand during his part of the recent Theo thread - maybe he had Harry's note-burning episode in mind. Or not.
also, may I just say that your wee kitten icon is too cute for words?@!
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Date: 2008-10-08 03:53 am (UTC)What would possess Harry to try Fiend Fire I have no idea.
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Date: 2008-10-08 11:24 am (UTC)How interesting is it that Harry would be the one to try to cast a really terrible Dark spell? It makes sense, of course, that he would have been exposed to more Dark Magic than even his Slytherin peers (even Draco) and that he would approach it casually (though we don't know what really happened or why he cast it -- and we see Draco's shocked, reproving response: he thinks Harry has done a Very Wrong Thing and should know better).
I really like that while Harry Marvolo is showing a surprising degree of openness to others (Ron, Neville, Michael) who were raised outside of Death Eater circles and while he displays a hopeful amount of curiosity and ability to think about the prejudices and assumptions he's been brought up to hold, he really has been molded by his upbringing as Tom Riddle's son -- and I really like that it is in this practical regard that Riddle's influence shows. The boy takes Dark Magic as his prerogative, as a tool at his disposal.
I feel a real shiver of pleasure at this view of the re-characterized Harry. I like this game!